Balurghat Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Balurghat

Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Assembly Constituency

Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| West Bengal
District| Dakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency| Balurghat
Established| 1951
Total electors| 180,390
Reservation| None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

Party|  BJP
Elected year| 2021

Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 39 Balurghat Assembly constituency covers Balurghat municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block and Hilli community development block.[1]

Balurghat Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election | Member | Party

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1951 | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay |  | Indian National Congress[2]
Lakhsman Chandra Handa[2]
1957 | Mardi Hakai[3]
Dhiren Banerjee |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party[3][4]
1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay |  | Indian National Congress[5]
1967 | Mukul Basu |  | Independent[6]
1969 |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1971 | Bireshwar Roy |  | Indian National Congress[8]
1972[9]
1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1982[11]
1987[12]
1991[13]
1996[14]
2001[15]
2006[16]
2011 | Sankar Chakraborty |  | Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

## Election results

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### 2021

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In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balurghat constituency  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | 72,129  | 47.42  | 36.64
| AITC | Sekhar Dasgupta  | 58,693  | 38.59  | 2.2
| RSP | Sucheta Biswas  | 16,153  | 10.62  | 32.2
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,830  | 1.20  | 1.17
| BSP | Jogesh Chandra Murmu  | 1,141  | 0.75  | 0.43
| AMB | Narottam Saha  | 810  | 0.53  |
| SUCI(C) | Birendra Nath Mahanta  | 604  | 0.40  | 0.65
| BMP | Dulal Barman  | 379  | 0.25  |
| KPPU | Anup Barman  | 353  | 0.23  |
Majority  | 13,436  | 8.83  | 7.8
Turnout | 1,52,092  |  |
| BJP gain from RSP | Swing |  |

### 2016

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In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Balurghat constituency[17][18] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| RSP | Biswanath Chowdhury | 60,590  | 42.82  | +3.26
| AITC | Sankar Chakraborty | 59,140  | 41.79  | −12.48
| BJP | Gautam Chakraborty  | 15,258  | 10.78  | +7.26
| NOTA | None of the above  | 3,357  | 2.37  | +2.37
| BSP | Samar Kumar Mahato  | 1,668  | 1.18  |
| SUCI(C) | Biren Mahanta  | 1,490  | 1.05  |
Turnout | 141,503  | 88.10  | −1.04
| RSP gain from AITC | Swing | #  |

### 2011

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In the 2011 election, Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Balurghat constituency[17][19] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AITC | Sankar Chakraborty | 67,495  | 54.27  |

| RSP | Biswanath Chowdhury | 49,204  | 39.56  | −7.21
| BJP | Ranjan Kumar Mondal  | 4,378  | 3.52  |
| Independent  | Keshab Roy  | 1,862  |  |
| BSP | Nripen Hansda  | 1,427  |  |
Turnout | 124,366  | 89.14  |
| AITC gain from RSP | Swing | #  |

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

### 1977–2006

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Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to 2006.[16] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. He defeated Deboshree Choudhury of BJP in 2006, Sankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[15] Biplab Khan of Congress in 1996[14] and 1991,[13] Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987,[12] Asish Roy of ICS in 1982[11] and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[10][20]

### 1951–1972

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Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972[9] and 1971.[8] Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in 1962.[5] In 1957 and 1951, Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957[3] Mardi Hakai of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Banerjee, Independent, won. In independent India's first election, Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay and Lakshman Chandra Handa, both of Congress, won.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. ^ Swapan Kumar Pain. "Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]". Frontier Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
17. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
20. ^ "38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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* Balurghat Airport
* Devkot
* West Dinajpur district
* North Bengal

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* Gangarampur
* Buniadpur Municipality

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* Balurghat
* Kumarganj
* Tapan

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Gangarampur subdivision|

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